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TravelPod Member Reviews Las Vegas Springs Preserve

Interactive desert museum

ahartry26 contributionsCalifornia, United StatesApr 11, 2014

This is a new building, which just opened in 2009. It's a museum and surrounding preserve (about 180 acres), with nature trails and bike paths. We were at the museum for an evening event so did not have a chance to explore the trails, but the museum itself is not bad at all. It has some good interactive exhibits about desert landscapes, particularly the areas about movements of tectonic plates and how erosion affects the land. There's a fun "flash flood experience" which we enjoyed. Another few rooms focus on the founding of Las Vegas and the issues surrounding water rights. The building itself is all LEAD certified and interesting. When we visited, the traveling exhibit was models of machines by Leonardo da Vinci. Then, we had our dinner event outside in the plaza, which was a gorgeous location, and the perfect evening.

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Today was again devoted to work. I only got out of the hotel room for about 25 minutes, while I ran to grab a sandwich, while housekeeping was in our room. Paul said that one of their last activities was doing OMM-karaoke. It was set up as a contest for twelve kids from under-resourced backgrounds competing for musical instruments. They announced …

Wow. I only have three days left on the road... That's kind of scary. Either way, I saw the "birthplace of Las Vegas": the Las Vegas Springs Preserve. It was kinda cool. Just kinda. Pics attached. Gonna rest up and tour the famous Strip tomorrow. Just because I was there yesterday means nothing. I drove through it looking for somewhere to sleep. < …

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